Although the Song general Tan Jin was born poor, he was a general who really learned and grew up from the battle, and he did not systematically learn the art of war and tactics, but he had rich combat experience.

After Xiao Bin led the main force of the Song army to retreat westward, Tan Jin did not take 5,000 men and horses to wait for death under the city, he knew very well that he was afraid that the cavalry of the 5,000 cadres under the city would be defeated in a single face.

If you want to hold back the cavalry as much as possible and gain more time for the main army to retreat, you must first keep these 5,000 men.

There is only one hour left for Tan Jin, and he doesn't have many options, he has to leave Jiangxia City first, and he can't be attacked by the defenders in the city at the first time; Secondly, it is necessary to find a position that is easy to defend and redeploy.

Five miles to the northwest, there was a small earthen bag with slightly higher terrain, which was the only location Tan Jin could choose, and after making a decision, Tan Jin did not hesitate to lead the army immediately, but the army retreated unhurriedly and in an orderly manner.

Sima Chuzhi, who was standing on the city tower and observing, also knew that even if he went out of the city to pursue, he would not be able to get too much advantage, and if the Song army set up an ambush in front, he was afraid that not only would he not be able to make meritorious contributions, but he would also lose his troops and lose his generals, so he did not pursue.

Tan Jin's 5,000 men and horses arrived at Xiaotubao to occupy the favorable terrain, and the movement here was discovered by the forward reconnaissance and cavalry detective post of the cavalry of the cadre army, after all, they occupied the high ground, and it was difficult not to be discovered.

Although there is still some distance from the official road leading to Jiangxia City, because this is the only higher ground in the vicinity, it was first listed as a reconnaissance target by the reconnaissance and cavalry detective posts of the cadre army.

At this time, Sima Chuzhi also sent scouts from the city to investigate the news, and learned that Tan Jin's 5,000 men and horses occupied the small earthen bag, so he guessed that Tan Jin's purpose was to drag down the cavalry of the Qianjun army and buy time for the main force of the Song army to retreat.

After finding out the situation of the enemy, Sima Chuzhi immediately ordered to send people out of the city to move all the baggage discarded by the Song army into the city.

The 5,000 cavalry of the Qianjun army soon arrived near the small Tubao occupied by Tan Jin's 5,000 men and horses, and a scout came to report to the leading general Wei Wuxi: "General Qiyu, according to the investigation, the main force of the Song army of 25,000 people has retreated to the west, and it seems that they plan to cross the Han River and withdraw to the Jingling area; But they left 5,000 people to block our army, and at present, these 5,000 people are stationed on this small earthen bag, and the leader of the Song army is called Tan Jin! ”

"Is that him?" Wei Wuxian raised his eyebrows, he had heard a little about Tan Jin's reputation, although he and Tan Jin were each their masters and scored in different camps, but both of them were from poor backgrounds, and he also studied a little about the younger generation of generals in Liu Song's army, and this Tan Jin was one of the ones that he valued and admired.

The difference is that in Qianguo, people from poor families have more opportunities to get ahead, and the resistance they encounter is much less, but in Liu Song Dynasty, it is different, the wealthy families of the noble family control the road to the promotion of officials and generals, and it is difficult for people from low backgrounds to climb to a higher political stage.

Wei Wuxian grew up in a poor family, he was born in the lowest peasant family, people say that someone is from a poor family, but it doesn't mean that this person is a real commoner, he still has a family, but he is just poor, like Wei Wuxi, he doesn't even have a family.

Wei Wuxian is a premature baby, frail and sickly since he was a child, his father died early, and he grew up with his mother pulling a cart alone, in this era, there are very few premature babies who can grow up normally, and he can grow up to be a great blessing, because he is worried that he will not grow up, his mother named him Wuxi, hoping that he will be disease-free and disaster-free in his life.

Wei Wuxian was unlucky, he was the youngest of five siblings in the family, and his mother alone could not support their siblings, and when he was six years old, he met the first noble man in his life, and his mother passed him on to an old widower, Orion, as a son.

Orion nourished him with meat and mountain herbs, and taught him martial arts, archery, and hunting.

When he grew up to the age of eighteen, when the Qianguo Military Academy was recruiting students for the second time, Wei Wuxian signed up for the assessment and was admitted to the junior class of the Military Academy with excellent results.

The first two sessions of the military academy were recruited for two consecutive years, but from the third session onwards, the enrollment was every three years, the number of students enrolled was greatly reduced, and the resources were concentrated and used.

Since then, the number of people admitted directly from civilian enrollment has become less and less, and most of them are recruited from elite soldiers in the army.

"Let's go and have a look!"

Under the leadership of Wei Wuxi, five thousand cavalry galloped to the vicinity of the small earthen bag at a very fast speed, and the Song army on the small earthen bag had already occupied a favorable terrain under Tan Jin's deployment, not to mention the cavalry, even if the infantry wanted to attack it easily, it was very difficult.

Wei Wuxian sat on horseback and observed, took out a map and studied it, looked up and said: "This Tan Jin is really a bit of a Taoist, there is such a high place nearby, if we want to defeat him with five thousand cavalry, don't think about it!" ”

The adjutant general next to him said: "General, the task given to us by His Majesty is to solve as much of the Song army's vital force as possible with the sharpness of the cavalry attack, if we are dragged here, I am afraid that we will not be able to complete the task!" ”

Wei Wuxian smiled: "Tan Jin was very wrong to think that I would spend time here with him, the position he chose is indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack for cavalry, but this is not a traffic artery!" You took 1,000 people to stay behind to contain Tan Jin's 5,000 infantry, and you will take the remaining 4,000 cavalry to go around to chase and kill the main force of the Song army, what do you think? ”

The adjutant general hugged his fists: "The last general thinks it is feasible, if Tan Jin goes down the mountain to fight a decisive battle with the last general, the last general will not have a hard fight with him, and when the time comes, we must let him know how our cavalry fights!" ”

"Well, I'll leave it to you! Come, pass the order, the 1,000 cavalry stay, and the other 1,000 cavalry will bypass here with the general to continue to pursue the main force of Xiao Bin's army of the Song army! ”

The action of dividing the troops of the cadres was clearly seen by Tan Jin on the small dirt bag, he knew that this was troublesome, and the blame was only on this place, there was no easy to defend and difficult to attack traffic arteries, and Xiao Bin ordered him to block the cavalry of the cadre army and not allow him to retreat.

"General, the cadres have divided the troops, how can this be good?" The adjutant general looked at Tan Jin with a worried face.

Tan Jin's face changed several times, and he said in a firm tone: "The general of the cadre army is ordered to look down on us and others, leaving only more than 1,000 people to contain my 5,000 people, is it true that our 5,000 brothers are soft persimmons?" Give the order to go down, prepare to rush down, and first give the 1,000 cavalry left behind a dismount! ”

"No!"

Within a moment, the rumbling war drums were heard from the earthen bag, and under Tan Jin's personal command, the 5,000 Song army rushed from the earthen bag to the 1,000 cavalry below.

"Kill—kill—"

The 5,000 Song troops were dressed in armor and rushed down from the earthen bags with bursts of shouting and killing, which was quite imposing as soldiers all over the mountains and fields.

When the lieutenant general of the cavalry below, he pulled the reins, turned his horse's head and shouted: "Withdraw—"

If the cavalry wants to run, how can the infantry catch up? In the blink of an eye, a thousand cavalry were gone.

When Tan Jin rushed down the dirt bag with his men and horses, he found that the cavalry of the thousand cadres had gone away, and he would definitely not be able to catch up, so what should he do next?

After some thinking and weighing, Tan Jin ordered to catch up in the direction of the departure of the four thousand cavalry led by Wei Wuxi, as for whether he could catch up, it was another matter, Wei Wuxian couldn't be allowed to attack the back of Xiao Bin's army with these four thousand cavalry, right?

"Follow General Ben to the west, full speed ahead!"

Under Tan Jin's orders and leadership, five thousand Song troops ran forward and pursued westward as fast as possible.

"General, it's too dangerous to do this, what will we do if those thousand dry cavalry catch up?"

Tan Jin couldn't take care of it so much, "Take it one step at a time, our task is to ensure the safety of the back of the main force, and we must not let the cavalry of the cadre army catch up with the main force!" ”

Only half an hour later, the adjutant general of the cadre army led 1,000 cavalry to catch up with Tan Jin's 5,000 men and horses.

The general in charge of the rear of the palace sent someone to report to Tan Jin: "General, the 1,000 cavalry of the cadre army has caught up, and it is only three miles away from the rear of our army!" ”

He was mentally prepared for it, and he ordered Zhou Le, who joined the army: "Zhou joins the army, I will give you three buildings and 1,000 soldiers and horses, and you go to the back to stop the pursuing soldiers!" ”

Zhou Le was unwilling to use a thousand infantry to block a thousand cavalry, if he did not occupy a favorable terrain, the task of blocking the attack after the break was ten deaths, looking around, how could there be any terrain conducive to defense nearby? It's all a horse Pingchuan, isn't this letting him and this thousand people and horses go to death?

"General, the last general is not sure that he can stop the pursuers, look at the surrounding terrain, how to fight this battle? I'm afraid that the cavalry of the dry army will rush up, and a single charge can crush a thousand people! ”

Tan Jin's face is ugly, he has no choice, there is no effective helper under his hands, it is all a wine bag and rice bag, if you let a general lead the soldiers, the qualifications are not enough, I am afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, and it is useless to command not to move, although this Zhou Le is a person who comes to mix qualifications and grab credit, but he still has some background, and the generals will not disobey orders.

"Why, you dare to disobey?"

"From time to time, generals, from time to time, subordinates do not obey military orders, subordinates really don't have this ability!"

There was no time to argue, Tan Jin increased his chips: "Give you five hundred more!" ”

"No, it's really ······"

"Two thousand people, this is the bottom line of this general, if you don't take the order, the military law will do it!"

Can 2,000 men hold off a thousand cavalry? If 2,000 infantry can block the charge of 1,000 cavalry, are the Qianguo people crazy to develop cavalry at such a large cost?

Zhou Le had already scolded Tan Jin's ancestors in his heart, but he couldn't refuse anymore, if he decided again, Tan Jin ordered him to be cut down, and then he died unjustly.

"Okay, just 2,000 people, and the subordinates will receive the order!"

Tan Jing immediately ordered the transfer of 2,000 men to Zhou Le's command, and warned him: "Hold off these 1,000 cavalry for at least two hours, and if you retreat in advance, military law will be conducted!" After you leave, you don't have to go to join me, you can find a way to cross the river yourself!" ”

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